Dear Dan > My idea is to aerate the deep water between 1000 and 3000 ft. around the wellhead. >The latest surveys indicate an enormous plume of dispersed oil droplets measured >in microns at these depths.
I guess the dispersants are working. I am pretty sure that the PEMEX well (which released far more oil than the Deepwater Horizon well has) did not get treated with dispersants. This means that the longer term effect may as you suggest, be dominated by the availability of oxygen. As it is so warm there is talk about the effect not lasting all that long (nothing like the Exxon Valdez). But if the bacteria run out of oxygen before they run out of oil, then pumping air down is a really good idea, especially if it is bled out in tiny bubbles. So, what about that oil pressure? How about using the oil coming out to power compressors to aerate the sea, hmm?? There must be some very clever ways to pump air using the ocean waves too. Regards Crispin _______________________________________________ Stoves mailing list [email protected] http://listserv.repp.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_listserv.repp.org http://stoves.bioenergylists.org http://info.bioenergylists.org
